Re: Forcing the Issue: Universal Healthcare for Americans

In article <47Lnf.627630$_o.45888@attbi_s71>,
Skeptic <bcs002b@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>"Herman Rubin" <hrubin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:dnn13a$3ilu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> In article <1134426927.833521.95310@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> kurtfilm <kinderbitzin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>Forcing the Issue: Universal Healthcare for Americans

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>>>Critics would argue that underinsured individuals with health problems
>>>from the other 49 states would flock there, and overwhelm the system.
>>>But that's easy to handle...with some exceptions (see below) only
>>>offer coverage to citizens who have resided in the state for more than,
>>>say, 3 years.

>> Unless the Supreme Court makes a major reversal, no such
>> residency requirement can be enforced.

>We turn away patients from out state all the time.

In the part of my posting you deleted, I did say that
a state can discriminate between residents and those
who are not residents. However, it cannot put a time
of residency in the conditions.


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